The five of us were entirely surprised that a week isn’t enough to explore tiny Swaziland. The reed dance, the decadent king, the corruption of courtiers and royals: all this is true. But Swaziland, beyond the headlines and the waterfalls and the game, is memorable for its safety, its outstanding arts and crafting industry, and the warmth of Swazi people

EFF banners that seem to demand the party faithful kill their ideological opponents mark a new low in South African political discourse, but they do not mean the EFF can be discounted as a serious political party with grown-up ambitions. However, to achieve anything before 2014, Julius Malema will need to leave the shrill hate speech behind and propound some realistic policies

The prediction at the start of the week was for the Rand to remain range-bound as long as the Democrats and the Republicans remained deadlocked over the US budget

Minister Shabangu’s announcement raises the bar for companies looking to invest in shale gas in a bid to balance the State’s long-term responsibility towards the Karoo with its short-term responsibility for job creation and prosperity

As 1990 turned, South Africa’s political reality began to change more with every passing month than it had in entire years. The end of stasis, taboos, bannings and violence was in sight.

Poverty is down, incomes are up, and white South African unemployment is lower than that in the UK – yet Red October, and a number of readers, contend that whites, particularly farmers, are being economically excluded from opportunities to thrive in a democratic South Africa

As Red October supporters gathered in South Africa, London and other public places around the world, South Africans expressed disbelief, condemnation and pride in the protest.

South Africa’s universities are among its most beautiful public buildings. Take a tour around Mzansi in mortarboard and robes with our roll call of higher ed beauties.

The Rand began trading at around 15.6309 to the British Pound last Monday and around 9.9577 against the US Dollar. The Rand strengthened against both currencies towards the middle of the week and then weakened again to close at 15.7664 to the Pound and 9.9318 to the Dollar. The Rand recovered losses against the Dollar […]

As Gautengers brace for an expensive and administratively complicated electronic tolling Christmas present, the ANC has scored an own goal by converting a DA billboard campaign into a Twitter hashtag that was supposed to celebrate the ruling party’s achievements since 1994 – but didn’t.

Wittingly or unwittingly, Red October is mistaken in racialising South Africa’s murder and violent crime epidemic, say journalistic fact-checking bureau, Africa Check

The rand failed to take advantage of the weaker Dollar as the shutdown saw investors take flight from riskier assets such as the Rand

His health ruined by respiratory disease from the dank cells on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela recovered a little, and studied and wrote a lot, after his move to Victor Verster prison, just prior to his final release

CA:CO | The shutdown at federal level of the world’s only superpower promises to unleash huge instability into the worlds of politics, economics and finance. Brett Petzer imagines a Pretoria shutdown during the heated government budget standoff of 2023…

Leading universities have clubbed together together to write the roadmap for higher education in South Africa’s immediate future. The key proposal: deal with the achievement level of South Africa’s matrics by lengthening undergraduate degrees by a third

This fascinating map series will help South Africans – and interested foreigners – to better understand just how physically divided the Rainbow Nation still remains, and how much opportunity there is for more and better mixing

World-renowned deafblind priest Fr Axelrod bears a powerful and liberating message of coming to know yourself by overcoming personal challenges. He is the first deafblind person to receive the OBE

Whether you are reading this in Putney, Perth or Port Elizabeth, it’s your election – here’s why…

We asked you, the global SA community, how South Africa House serves your needs. The response? Not the worst, but communications remain a problem and there is ample room for improvement for the incoming High Comissioner to get to work on

According to RMB’s John Cairns “The Rand pullback reflects the global pattern: the market thinking is that the reaction to the Fed decision was overdone. After all, tapering has just been postponed”

ANC supporters assaulted a Democratic Alliance member who had supported a DA candidate to replace the ANC mayor in the hotly-contested Tlokwe (former Potchefstroom) municipality on Wednesday.

London open top bus tour guide John Stokes is a familiar sight around the British capital – his knowledge of the city’s history is immense.

Peach Nursing is a specialised “Care in the Community” provider. Quite simply this means that we provide the knowledge and care tailor made to meet individual needs in order that people can stay in their own home when either ill of infirmed

Meetings still matter, and South Africa’s fast-growing events sector faces a plethora of challenges if Mzansi is to reach the top rank of global events and conference destinations. We get into the nuts and bolts of hosting big events

Ethiopia is ancient, but it has quite a bit to teach the rest of Africa about fostering and refining the best in one’s own culture. For food, for architecture, and for a deep, rich and accessible history, touch down in Addis Abeba when next you fly South